A comprehensive survey of RAN architectures toward 5G mobile communication system

MA Habibi, M Nasimi, B Han, HD Schotten - Ieee Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) of mobile communication system aims to deliver a ubiquitous
mobile service with enhanced quality of service (QoS). It is also expected to enable new use …

Toward an efficient C-RAN optical fronthaul for the future networks: A tutorial on technologies, requirements, challenges, and solutions

IA Alimi, AL Teixeira, PP Monteiro - … Communications Surveys & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

Recent advances in cloud radio access networks: System architectures, key techniques, and open issues

M Peng, Y Sun, X Li, Z Mao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a promising paradigm to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, the cloud radio
access network (C-RAN) has been shown to provide high spectral efficiency and energy …

[HTML][HTML] 5G radio access networks: A survey

VS Pana, OP Babalola, V Balyan - Array, 2022 - Elsevier
The fifth generation (5G) technology improves the user experience and creates new
possibilities for a variety of applications, including transportation, device-to-device …

Energy-efficient NOMA enabled heterogeneous cloud radio access networks

F Zhou, Y Wu, RQ Hu, Y Wang, KK Wong - IEEE Network, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
H-CRANs are envisioned to be promising in 5G wireless networks. H-CRANs enable users
to enjoy diverse services with high energy efficiency, high spectral efficiency, and low-cost …

System cost minimization in cloud RAN with limited fronthaul capacity

J Tang, WP Tay, TQS Quek… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is emerging as a potential alternative for the next
generation RAN by merging RAN and cloud computing together. In this paper, we consider …

[HTML][HTML] Resource management in cloud radio access network: Conventional and new approaches

RT Rodoshi, T Kim, W Choi - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is a promising mobile wireless sensor network
architecture to address the challenges of ever-increasing mobile data traffic and network …

Sharing distributed and heterogeneous resources toward end-to-end 5G networks: A comprehensive survey and a taxonomy

N Slamnik-Kriještorac, H Kremo… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Regardless of the context to which it is applied, sharing resources is well-recognized for its
considerable benefits. Since 5G networks will be service-oriented, on-demand, and highly …

Sophisticated online learning scheme for green resource allocation in 5G heterogeneous cloud radio access networks

I Alqerm, B Shihada - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G is the upcoming evolution for the current cellular networks that aims at satisfying the
future demand for data services. Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks (H-CRANs) …

Energy efficiency on fully cloudified mobile networks: Survey, challenges, and open issues

A Alnoman, GHS Carvalho… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fully cloudified mobile network infrastructure, which is featured by the joint deployment of
heterogeneous cloud radio access networks and edge computing, will successfully cope …